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I'm worried the knurls will hold tape too good and effect accuracy. Better get JeffO on this pronto.

I'll try, as this argument always baffles me. Hunter A wants to use a suppressor. Hunter A wants a light weight rifle on which to use his suppressor. Hunter A only owns 8 lb plus guns. Hunter A decides to buy a 6 pound gun for his suppressor. Hunter A now owns and hunts the mountains with a 6 lb, 12 oz setup instead of an 8 lb, 12 oz setup. All other benefits Hunter A seeks from using a suppressor are still in tact.

I no longer shoot for recreation frequently. My hunting country is almost depleted of prairie dogs and there are no other colony dwelling targets.

If I shot targets regularly or if I were shooting volumes of the above mentioned pests, I would be all over a surpressor. For that type shooting, a Montana is not even close to first choice.

I'm old, well stocked with all types of firearms, and would be open to a can on a short barreled rifle - in fact my 16 1/4" Contender .223 actually screams for one - but, not on my 24" FN. I don't even like 30" shotguns with pump or semi actions. Too long! Doubles, ok.

Perhaps I need to go modern however, my ears are already damaged. You younger guys are on to something, if you can live with the looks.

Best,

Jack

Folks just don't know what they don't know.

Especially the spelling impaired; I gonna buy a threaded Kimber that weighs far less than 6.5 lbs BY using the Internet.

Shooting critters and steel targets suppressed is one of the joys of my life.

Looks like a real floor mat eater!

A Montucky with a suppressor is is still lighter than an un-suppressed Rem 700.

I've missed a couple critters in my day.... ones I wish I'd have had another poke at..... can would have helped there....

There is almost no reaction to the suppressed shot by critters.... they have no idea what just happened....

Just because you've never used one.... or don't see the use for one.... or theoritically don't like the length.... doesn't mean it's a bad idea.... it just means you like to make ignorant comments about schitt you know nothing about.

I never thought about those that can't hit what they are shooting at. Good point. Thanks for the clarification.

Two kinds of hunters in this world.... those who've missed.... and liars.

Or those that actually hunt.

I had no idea such an anti-suppressor/thread faction existed.




Dave

Peasants..... trying to convince themselves they're not missing anything.

I could care less about the suppressor. Fill your boots. But to do it under the guise of the overwhelming hunting majority is, well, asinine.

The few suppressed rifles I shot felt like there was a significant reduction in recoil also (beyond just adding an additional 12 oz of weight).

David

There is a reduction in recoil.... but WTF do I know.... apparently I've never hunted a day in my life and can't hit schitt with a rifle....

In the past several years, legal suppressor production has exploded. In 2014 the NFRTR listed 571,150 registered silencers while information released earlier this year showed 792,282– a growth of some 39 percent. The numbers of NFA-compliant suppressors currently listed nearly eclipse the total number of select-fire weapons, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns, combined.

http://www.guns.com/2015/10/22/bill-introduced-to-remove-suppressors-from-nfa-regulation/

David

I think the majority of the gun community wants a suppressor.

I've never met anybody that didn't.



Dave

The adaptor that my can threads onto is a muzzle brake. You just can't see it with the suppressor attached.



Dave

Most of the gun community also hunt from a stationary blind, their truck, and pack $500 package rifles.

I like to add an in-line compensator to direct some noise away from the shooter, and protect the crown from the floorboards. Threads are fine with me.

Guilty as charged on count 1, but my Package Rifle was put together by me for about $3K-ish.

My buddy and I dropped 6 antler less deer and a big bobcat on a control hunt in January with seven shots.

Cat was at 150 all deer 200-350 w CTR .260, Leupold Mark 4, Silencerco Harvester & Fed Premium 120 BTs.

Animals kept coming because there was no thunder. Fairly steady shooting for 50 mins. Pics elsewhere on this forum.

Dogshooter & 'Flave are right; nothing wrong w suppressed. Good suppressors are going for no more than $350 U.S. in Europe because they're socially acceptable, cuts down noise pollution and hearing loss.